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Atricle Dump - Expanding Your Business Network via LinkedIn
I started my career at 18 by being a full-time telephone collector.I made outbound calls to late-paying credit clients, and when I was successful, they’d commit to resolving their delinquencies by a certain date.Then, I became a top outbound telemarketer and manager for Time-Life Books, and you might say, though I’d earn numerous degrees that helped me, my career was determined at that time.But why did I choose phone work?I chose it because I was baby-faced at 18, and though I had no little intelligence and drive, and a mature, trained voice, few believed I could hand
5. Promote your profile on your blog or website.
6. Ask a public question on LinkedIn under the answers tab and include in the question your e-mail address so people can expand their network if they’re interested.
7. Post a public invitation, including your e-mail address, asking for others to share theirs much like step #3.
8. Include your e-mail address in your profile on LinkedIn. That way people actively searching for networking prospects can connect directly with you.
9. When you post a comment or reply on messag
Every room looks incomplete without the touch of sophistication and exotic beauty that a carpet lends to it. Carpets are what legends are made of. They have forever been a subject of fascination for ages now. Perhaps, from the time of the fascinating stories of the Arabian Nights which talked about Djinns and magic and flying carpets- One might hardly be able to recall any snippet from the orient, which was complete without some mention of an exquisite carpet. No movie shot of Baghdad or the Middle East has yet looked satisfactory without frame capturing the huge carpet markets.Today, the
LinkedIn is one of several online networking sites aimed squarely at the business community. Others include Ryze, Spoke, Tribe.net, and Xing (formerly OpenBC). This particular site is very powerful if you invest a little time into it, and I would imagine it has massive potential to help you in your career or business. Having a vast network of contacts never hurts regardless of how successful you are at this moment. I choose to focus on LinkedIn due to its membership (more than 10 million people) and its easy to use interface, but I am not affiliated in any way with any of the services mentioned.
Here’s an example of the power of networking based on my own experience using this tool thus far. I joined LinkedIn on Thursday January 4, 2007. Since then my network looks like this: 149 direct connections, 109,500+ friends of friends (two degrees away), and 2,830,900+ contacts three degrees away.
That’s a lot of potential reach! I only wish I had discovered this tool when I was in technical sales. Oh well, better late than never right? Some of the contacts I have made have led to partnerships, but the primary benefit has been the relationships built that have enabled me to bounce ideas off like minded folks, receive real world advice from people in similar situations, and expand the potential reach of my consulting business without investing a lot of money into marketing and advertising.
So, how would one go about expanding their network and reach rather quickly?
1. Upload your contacts from Outlook or your e-mail software. Let LinkedIn search their database to see if any of your contacts exist and invite those people to join your network.
2. Visit http://www.toplinked.com and browse over some of the top linked folks. If you see some that mesh well with your goals and objectives, send them an invitation or direct e-mail to join your network. Most people will do this if you ask politely.
3. Browse over the LinkedIn Q&A section to see if there are people looking to expand their network and e-mail those which reply.
4. Consider adding a link to your profile via your e-mail signature. LinkedIn can provide you a nice signature box with a lot of contact information to include in your outgoing e-mails. Go to My Profile --> E-mail signatures to set one up.
5. Promote your profile on your blog or website.
6. Ask a public question on LinkedIn under the answers tab and include in the question your e-mail address so people can expand their network if they’re interested.
7. Post a public invitation, including your e-mail address, asking for others to share theirs much like step #3.
8. Include your e-mail address in your profile on LinkedIn. That way people actively searching for networking prospects can connect directly with you.
9. When you post a comment or reply on message
We see people get awards on TV all the time. These days the award program most watched by movie goers over the years is probably the Academy Awards held in Hollywood each spring and attended by a host of celebrities and Hollywood stars/starlets.The reason for their popularity is probably related to the need people have to be acknowledged and recognized for their achievements. To be so acknowledged by their peers in a public forum for very specific achievements represents the penultimate in the performance art field.However, according to Ray Hansell, President and Co-Founder of Mara
Here’s an example of the power of networking based on my own experience using this tool thus far. I joined LinkedIn on Thursday January 4, 2007. Since then my network looks like this: 149 direct connections, 109,500+ friends of friends (two degrees away), and 2,830,900+ contacts three degrees away.
That’s a lot of potential reach! I only wish I had discovered this tool when I was in technical sales. Oh well, better late than never right? Some of the contacts I have made have led to partnerships, but the primary benefit has been the relationships built that have enabled me to bounce ideas off like minded folks, receive real world advice from people in similar situations, and expand the potential reach of my consulting business without investing a lot of money into marketing and advertising.
So, how would one go about expanding their network and reach rather quickly?
1. Upload your contacts from Outlook or your e-mail software. Let LinkedIn search their database to see if any of your contacts exist and invite those people to join your network.
2. Visit http://www.toplinked.com and browse over some of the top linked folks. If you see some that mesh well with your goals and objectives, send them an invitation or direct e-mail to join your network. Most people will do this if you ask politely.
3. Browse over the LinkedIn Q&A section to see if there are people looking to expand their network and e-mail those which reply.
4. Consider adding a link to your profile via your e-mail signature. LinkedIn can provide you a nice signature box with a lot of contact information to include in your outgoing e-mails. Go to My Profile --> E-mail signatures to set one up.
5. Promote your profile on your blog or website.
6. Ask a public question on LinkedIn under the answers tab and include in the question your e-mail address so people can expand their network if they’re interested.
7. Post a public invitation, including your e-mail address, asking for others to share theirs much like step #3.
8. Include your e-mail address in your profile on LinkedIn. That way people actively searching for networking prospects can connect directly with you.
9. When you post a comment or reply on messag
What's a busy retail merchant to do when it needs extra working capital?"Oh, NO!!! - Not the gauntlet," you think – taking your valuable time (and patience) to deal with the "paperwork" required by traditional sources!Correct! You got it! Not the Guantlet! And let me tell you why!Today -- there is a better, easier, more reliable, convenient and FAST way to obtain lines of business credit for merchants!"HOW?" you say; tell me more!Okay, I will -- since it is my goal to help educate small business owners as to all the alternative financial tools available to t
So, how would one go about expanding their network and reach rather quickly?
1. Upload your contacts from Outlook or your e-mail software. Let LinkedIn search their database to see if any of your contacts exist and invite those people to join your network.
2. Visit http://www.toplinked.com and browse over some of the top linked folks. If you see some that mesh well with your goals and objectives, send them an invitation or direct e-mail to join your network. Most people will do this if you ask politely.
3. Browse over the LinkedIn Q&A section to see if there are people looking to expand their network and e-mail those which reply.
4. Consider adding a link to your profile via your e-mail signature. LinkedIn can provide you a nice signature box with a lot of contact information to include in your outgoing e-mails. Go to My Profile --> E-mail signatures to set one up.
5. Promote your profile on your blog or website.
6. Ask a public question on LinkedIn under the answers tab and include in the question your e-mail address so people can expand their network if they’re interested.
7. Post a public invitation, including your e-mail address, asking for others to share theirs much like step #3.
8. Include your e-mail address in your profile on LinkedIn. That way people actively searching for networking prospects can connect directly with you.
9. When you post a comment or reply on messag
I was making arrangements to attend a conference in Los Angeles, California.As a frequent flyer, I receive award coupons offering a 50% discount from normal hotel rates. I contacted the call center of a major hotel chain to make my reservation.The reservations clerk was friendly and very helpful. She took my name and contact numbers. She confirmed the dates, my room preference and credit card number. She asked if I was a ‘Premium Club’ member, which I was not. So she registered me for Club status over the phone.Then she remarked, ‘Mr. Kaufman, now that you are a Premium Club
2. Visit http://www.toplinked.com and browse over some of the top linked folks. If you see some that mesh well with your goals and objectives, send them an invitation or direct e-mail to join your network. Most people will do this if you ask politely.
3. Browse over the LinkedIn Q&A section to see if there are people looking to expand their network and e-mail those which reply.
4. Consider adding a link to your profile via your e-mail signature. LinkedIn can provide you a nice signature box with a lot of contact information to include in your outgoing e-mails. Go to My Profile --> E-mail signatures to set one up.
5. Promote your profile on your blog or website.
6. Ask a public question on LinkedIn under the answers tab and include in the question your e-mail address so people can expand their network if they’re interested.
7. Post a public invitation, including your e-mail address, asking for others to share theirs much like step #3.
8. Include your e-mail address in your profile on LinkedIn. That way people actively searching for networking prospects can connect directly with you.
9. When you post a comment or reply on messag
What is a Joint Venture? A joint venture is an agreement in which two or more businesses work on a project for a set period of time. Usually with a specific project or goal in mind. Joint ventures can be long-term, like promoting a product together, or some can be short-term, like bartering or trading products and services. Ideas on how to joint venture ideas are boundless.Why you want to start Joint Venture Marketing! Here are 51 reasons why you want to start joint venturing immediately if you haven't already done so and ideas on how you can use joint venture in your busine
5. Promote your profile on your blog or website.
6. Ask a public question on LinkedIn under the answers tab and include in the question your e-mail address so people can expand their network if they’re interested.
7. Post a public invitation, including your e-mail address, asking for others to share theirs much like step #3.
8. Include your e-mail address in your profile on LinkedIn. That way people actively searching for networking prospects can connect directly with you.
9. When you post a comment or reply on message boards, blogs, or user groups, include a link to your profile. Or link back to your website or blog (this is a common search engine optimization trick).
10. Lastly, be easy to access! If you want to be able to connect to a lot of people, now or in the future, think like those people would think and make it easy for them to connect with you. That’s networking 101, but it still applies.
There are some people that do not wish to expand their network because of their current job situation or fear of the Internet. I understand. Yes, it is a risk to post your public e-mail address out there because of spam, viruses, and whatnot, but I haven’t run into that being an issue thus far, and the various e-mail software clients are getting better and better at stripping bogus e-mails out. My contact information is readily available on my business website, blog, outgoing e-mails, and on LinkedIn. I’m not hard to find if someone is really trying. Does that scare me? A little, but I figure if I’m going to be successful in my business, there are trade-offs and risks involved that I just have to take. Since LinkedIn is free to use, why not take full advantage of it? It’s a great tool that can really improve one’s chances at success if utilized properly, and it can help eliminate cold calling if your network is powerful and broad enough.
Hopefully this helps, and I hope you choose to expand your network and connect with some really interesting people out there. If I can help you in any way, please don’t hesitate to ask.
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